# Beach Red (1967)

> On a Japanese-held Pacific island, advancing Marines confront the physical carnage and spiritual futility of World War II combat.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/25091

## Facts

- Runtime: 103 min
- Genres: War, Drama
- Director: Cornel Wilde
- Cast: Cornel Wilde, Rip Torn, Burr DeBenning, Patrick Wolfe, Jean Wallace, Jaime Sánchez, Dale Ishimoto, Genki Koyama
- TMDB rating: 6.5/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061389/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: extreme
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: harrowing, bleak, visceral, classic war cinema night, historical film study

## Movies like Beach Red

- [The Big Red One (1980)](https://ember.film/movie/9717)
- [Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)](https://ember.film/movie/868)
- [Battleground (1949)](https://ember.film/movie/19812)
- [Fear and Desire (1953)](https://ember.film/movie/5277)
- [Platoon (1986)](https://ember.film/movie/637)
- [Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957)](https://ember.film/movie/23143)
- [The Young Lions (1958)](https://ember.film/movie/25952)
- [A Walk in the Sun (1945)](https://ember.film/movie/28338)
- [The Green Berets (1968)](https://ember.film/movie/13372)
- [In Harm's Way (1965)](https://ember.film/movie/23798)

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